Hello! My name is Meaghan Hanson, and I love being the kindergarten teacher at St. Frances Cabrini School with my full-time assistant Verona Lunsford. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and I am the oldest of 3 girls. I attended Catholic schools from Kindergarten through my current Doctoral Program and have been teaching Kindergarten for 14 years. I attended St. Martin’s University (where I met and married my best friend), got my Masters from the University of Portland, and I am starting my Doctorate degree through the Sacred Heart University, In my spare time, I love to read, be outside (especially at the beach), and spend time with my friends and family.
Religion: Through songs, stories, class prayer services, and interaction with their peers, the kindergarten child learns the gospel values of community, faith, hope, courage, love, reconciliation, service, and justice. With the school we work on Education in Virtue.
Language Arts:
• Includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Letter recognition, letter-sound association, letter formation, and basic sight words are taught through stories, playing games, singing, interactive notebooks, making books, and journal writing.
Mathematics:
• Patterning, naming shapes, counting to 120, number recognition, adding and subtracting numbers through 10, ordering of numbers, and calendar concepts
• Math concepts are taught through a variety of activities such as math games, graphing, whole group instruction, math centers, interactive notebooks, and stories.
Social Studies:
• Develop an awareness, cooperation, and appreciation of themselves and others as members of a community
• Understand that all groups need rules and standards
• Learn to express feelings appropriately
• Learn about traffic, fire, and personal safety
Science:
• Explore elements of the scientific process (observe, predict, gather data)
• Life cycles of plants, animals, and insects
Enrichment: Students attend weekly enrichment classes for library, music, PE, and Art.
